Can anyone Give a link or bulletin number on this 5.4l 99 f-150 oil leak. I live in backwoods part of the country. My truck has 67k and been smelling for 25k but thought oil changes spilled on exhaust pipe. They just want to replace head gasket and wait to see if it leaks again. like 101,000 when my warranty runs out. I need to persuade the warranty rep that this gasket not going to fix it

 

Had the same problem with my 99 4x4! Dealership had truck for about a whole week! Ended up replacing lots of things just to get to the leak. Even had to jack the cab off the frame to get working room under the hood (since the engine sits back in the firewall). Here is a short list of what was replaced:

1.) Both head gaskets
2.) Both valve cover gaskets
3.) Intake manifold gasket
4.) Exhaust manifold gaskets
5.) Crankshaft seals
6.) All 3 front cover gaskets (left, right, center)
7.) Air-conditioning disasseble, and re-charge

The list is even bigger than this, way too much too list. All these parts had to come off just to get the head off because of the overhead cam.

I really love my truck, but this problem really made me upset and doubtful about fords quality assurance.

The truck was low on oil again...will be out of warranty in 400 miles...not sure if it is seeping oil again, I could not see a leak. My guess is that it is a flaw in the block, not the head gasket causing the leak.

 

Thanks RockyCarl for the post
My dealer ordered in the parts to replace
the gaskets and I Gave him the posts dated back a month or so from this page about (25)
He informed me that ford requires tolerance check of heads of no more than 20 thousanths out, before they change the gaskets if more FQR. Mine is going to be done Thursday

[This message has been edited by Fisher (edited 02-05-2001).]